Now, I’m not a fan of sport, other than watching the Wimbledon final if a Brit (or Andy Murray) is playing. So you can imagine that the endless cycle of the annual/four-yearly calendar of sporting events is, to me, at the very least an inconvenience, and at most

The Maslin Beach Nude Olympics have been running since 1983 – [I dread to think what the pole vaulting event entails; and as for the baton exchange in the Men’s 400 metre relay? Well, all I can say is they better be careful what they grab !!!] 😯

The AOC (Australian Olympic Committee) has now stepped in, however, to strip organisers of the right to use the word ‘Olympics’ when advertising their event.

Because of the distance involved, NASA scientists have to wait 14 minutes to find out what’s happening on Mars (14 minutes being the time taken for information travelling at the speed of light to cover the distance between Mars and the Earth – which is pretty good really, when compared to how long they have to wait for NBC to show them what’s happening at the London Olympics